104 THE GENUS PHORADENDRON 



Stevens & Hess, 4548, 4561; Shafer, 2003; Sintenis, 887c, 3034. 

 3246, 3248; Underwood & Griggs, 554; Read). ST. THOMAS (Herb. 

 Vent.). CARIBBEES. ST. BARTHELEMY (V. Goes). S. EUSTATIUS (Sur- 

 ingar). SABA (Suringar; Boldingh, 1660). ANTIGUA (Wullschlaegel, 

 256,257). MONTSERRAT (Shafer, 314, 320,600, 607). GUADELOUPE (Ber- 

 tero, 1820, as Loranthus sessilis; Perrottet, 1824, the type of V. ob- 

 longifolium ; Duss, 2968). DOMINICA (Imray; Lloyd, 463). MARTIN- 

 IQUE (Isert, 1787, the type of V. trinervium and, as no. 18296 in the 

 Willdenow herbarium, of V. myrtilloides; Herb. Vent.; Duss, 102, 960, 

 1373, 1306). MUSTIQUE (Smith, 34). TRINIDAD (Crueger, 305; Hart, 

 1896). 



Phoradendron Appuni n. sp. 



Scarcely forked, the moderate branches with basal cataphyls only, 

 androgynous. Internodes rather short (2-3x15-30 mm.), smooth, some- 

 what rhombically quadrangular. Cataphyls a single pair toward the 

 base, short, white-margined. Leaves narrowly fanceolate, more or less 

 mucronately obtuse to acute, scarcely 1x2.5-5.5 cm., cuneately subses- 

 sile. Spikes mostly solitary, short (15 mm.), with about 3 slender joints 

 some 6- to 8-flowered in 4-J-2 series : peduncle 2 mm. long. Fruit white?, 

 becoming subglobose, smooth, 4 mm. in diameter : sepals erect, parted. 

 Plate 147. 



Cayenne region. The type from Demerara. 



Specimens examined: BRITISH GUIANA (Appun, 1783, the type, in 

 the Hookerian herbarium at Kew). 



Phoradendron apertum n. sp. 



Somewhat pseudodichotomous, the rather long branches with basal 

 cataphyls only, androgynous. Internodes rather short (2-3x25-30 mm.), 

 smooth, acutely quadrangular. Cataphyls a single nearly basal pair, 

 spreading. Leaves oblanceolate-elliptical, very obtuse, 1.5-2x3.5-6.5 cm., 

 euneately subsessile. Spikes more or less clustered, short (scarcely 15 

 mm.), with about 3 short little-swollen joints some 6- or 8-flowered in 

 4-J-2 series: peduncle 1-3 mm. long. Fruit reddish, subglobose, smooth, 

 4-5 mm. in diameter : sepals widely parted. Plate 147. 



Cayenne region. The type from Demerara. 



Specimens examined: BRITISH GUIANA (Jenman, 3801, Apr. 1887, 

 the type). 



Phoradendron Guazumae n. sp. 



Pseudodichotomous or fasciculately branched, the long branches with 

 basal cataphyls only, androgynous?. Internodes rather long (2-4x30-60 

 mm. ) , smooth, rhombically compressed becoming terete but with 4 rather 

 persistent lines. Cataphyls a single nearly basal pair, blunt and spread- 



